Price-tag or card holder



E. H. SMITH.

PRICE TAG 0R CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5, I920.

Patentedsept. 6,1921.

NITED STATES PATET orrics.

navm' H. SMITH, or NEW LONDON, wrsconsrn.

PRICE-TAG on can]; HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERVIN H. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New London, in the county of Waupaca and State of Wisconsin, having invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Price-Tag or Card Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to price tag or card holders.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device of this character especially designed for use on covers of containers,rshelves and the like to exhibit a card containing any desired indicia.

Another object is to provide a one-piece sheet like structure for securely holding a card to be exhibited against accidental displacement and at the same time protecting the card held against injury incident to handling.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the in vention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of. a card holder constituting this invention shown applied.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof detached.

Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof, and,

Fig. 4 is a central vertical section taken on the line 41-41 of Fig. 2.

The holder constituting this invention is shown applied to the cover a of a container C here shown in the form of a crock although obviously it may be of any other form. A handle H is shown connected with the cover 0 by oppositely extending arms A having hooked terminals to clip around the edge of the cover as'is shown clearly in Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

The holder constituting this invention comprises a sheet or plate 1 composed of any suitable material such as sheet tin, aluminum or any other suitable material. This sheet 1 has parallel rectilinear side edges provided with inturned card retaining Specification of Letters Patent. Patenfed sept. 6, 1921.

Application-filed October 5, i

1920. dSerial No. 414,799..

flanges 2 which are spaced from the plate a sufficient distance to permit a card or tag T to be slipped between the flanges and the plate forming guides for the tag as well as means to hold it engaged with the plate.

The upper end of the plate 1 is here shown polygonal in configuratiom although obviously it may be of any other desired form and the edges thereof are folded rearwardly against the rear face of the plate to form reinforcing means for the upper edge of the plate.

The lower edge of the plate 1 has a card retaining slip or tongue 4 struck out there from by slitting said edge at spaced intervals and bending the tongue 4 so formed inwardly with an outward bulge 5 intermediate its ends to adapt the free end thereof to snugly engage the front face of the plate to have a clamping engagement with the tag T placed between said tongue and said plate as is shown clearly in Fig. 1. The free edge of this tongue 4: is preferably folded inwardly as shown at 6 to facilitate the insertion of the tag T and provide sulficient rigidity for this'portion of the tongue.

The slitting of the lower edge of the plate 1 to form tonguel provides arms 7 at opposite ends of thetongue and these arms have their terminals bent to form supportengaging elements 8. These bent terminals have parallelupper and lower jaws 9 and 10 which are designed to receive between them the support on which the holder is to be mounted and which is here shown in the form of the cover 0 (see Figs. 3 and 4). Obviously these support engaging elements may be hooked over a shelf or any other suitable support and when so engaged will securely retain the holder in upright position as shown in the drawings.

This one-piece sheet metal holder may be very cheaply constructed and will operate not only to hold a tag engaged with a sup port but will form a backing therefor and prevent the tag from being warped or torn which often occurs incident to handling. It is of course understood that any desired indicia may be printed on the tag, it being especially useful to support price tags employed in grocery stores and other places. The preferred embodiment of the invention is 'disclosedi'n the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that any modifications within the scope of the claims may be made in the constructionwithout departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

hat is claimed is:

1. A device of the classdescribed com prising a sheet metal plate provided with card retaining flanges, the lower edge'of said plate having an upturned inwardly extending spring clip for clampingly engaging a card to be held, andsupport engaging means carried by said plate comprising laterally rearward, downward and forwardly extending flanges.

2. A device of the class described comprising a sheet metal plate having card retaining means at the side edges thereof, and an inwardly extended tongue struck out and, forming a spring clip at its lower edge for clampingly engaging a card to be held, said lower edge being provided with support engaging clamping elements. 7

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature hereto.

' ERVIN H. SMITH; 

